Warwick Beacon Online

Letter to the Editor: Thing of beauty

Written by DE VEY, ROBERT

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Much is said every spring when the blue back herring come up Buckeye Brook to spawn bringing with them the striped bass.

Recently I was driving down Tidewater Drive and when I crossed the bridge over Buckeye Brook something very unusual caught my eye. It was low tide and standing ankle deep in the water were 18 snowy egrets that had formed a gauntlet and were gorging themselves on the young Buckeyes that were returning to the ocean.

I wish I had a camera with me because the sight of these magnificent birds with a backdrop of some of the best fall foliage in Warwick was truly a thing of beauty.

Robert De Vey

Warwick